Matt Shaw named student marshal for spring 2016 commencement

04/19/2016

Matthew J. Shaw will be the student marshal for the aerospace engineering baccalaureate degree program at the Penn State College of Engineering spring commencement ceremony on May 6. Shaw will receive a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering.

He has chosen David Spencer, professor of aerospace engineering, to be his faculty escort. College of Engineering student marshals are selected for their outstanding academic achievement and contributions to engineering student life.

Shaw is the son of Mary Ann and Michael Shaw of North Huntingdon, PA. He is a 2012 graduate of Norwin High School in North Huntingdon.

His academic honors include the President’s Freshman Award, the President Sparks Award and the Penn State Greater Allegheny Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Engineering. He was also a Penn State Greater Allegheny Honors Student.

Shaw’s internship experience includes B/E Aerospace Inc., where he worked as a flammability certification engineering intern researching testing trends for articles subject to FAA flammability certification testing; and Cleaveland Inc., where he served as a development engineering intern constructing and designing test setups, and also as a summer intern in the sub-assembly department.

His undergraduate research experience at Penn State includes leading the design and fabrication of a human-powered airplane project with other aerospace seniors, as well as a two-wheeled self-balancing vehicle project; assisting in the research of metacognitive learning in physics classrooms; and assisting with biodiesel production.

Shaw’s extracurricular activities included Penn State Greater Allegheny Lion Ambassadors (2012-2014), intramural soccer (2013-2014) and membership in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Penn State chapter (2016).

Following graduation, Shaw will intern at Pratt & Whitney, where he will work on aerospace controls for aircraft engines. He will then pursue a graduate degree in aerospace engineering at Penn State.

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